Rooney on ‘Lopez Tonight’
Posted by Rooney on November 7th, 2010
Rooney will be performing on ‘Lopez Tonight‘ on Monday, November 8th! Tune into the show on TBS as 12 EST/11 CST. Check your local listings for all the details.
New Tour Dates / 5-Song Christmas EP Announced
Posted by Rooney on October 6th, 2010
We have four new tour dates to announce, and along with those dates, we have introduced a *BRAND NEW* ticket package through Rooney Tix! You can still get the General Admission Ticket, which includes one general admission ticket and one signed tour poster, or the VIP Package, which includes one general admission ticket, one signed tour poster, and one signed copy of Eureka.
Our *BRAND NEW* package includes all of the above, PLUS one pre-sale download of our upcoming 5-song Christmas EP! Choose this package and you will receive a download of our Christmas EP when it comes available on December 1.
November 19 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Martini Ranch
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November 20 – Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Cafe
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December 11 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
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December 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater
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Live Stream From Lido in Berlin
Posted by Rooney on October 5th, 2010
On October 6th at 22:00 CEST (1:00 PM PST), our concert at Lido in Berlin will be streaming live for everyone to enjoy!
The stream will be available here. Make sure to bookmark the player and watch us live tomorrow!
Life in Afghanistan – The TCN
Posted by Robert on October 5th, 2010
To read about the ‘Life in Afghanistan’ series that is being featured here, read my letter about meeting Tegan Godfrey.
Hey Hope your having a blast,
I want to explain for a minute what a TCN is and how hard they have to work for their families. TCN is an abbreviation for Third Country National. It is a man who is brought here from some third world country to work on the base. Some of there duties range from a simple desk job to performing hard manual labor in sometimes harsh conditions.
They work for dirt cheap but they do it with the highest of honor. They are providing for their families back home and are doing a great service for all of us over here. I respect them. They are the working man times ten because of what they go through and to what little they have. They do not desire what most of us have grown up with.
They just want their families fed and for their kids to receive some kind of education. Some of then men go years without seeing there families and have little to no communication with them. They just make the money and send it home. This is something you will probably never see on the news. I will send some pics as soon as possible. Still having trouble with the internet. Take Care. I miss ya and be safe.
Tegan
Life in Afghanistan – Blog #1
Posted by Robert on September 30th, 2010
To read about the ‘Life in Afghanistan’ series that is being featured here, read my letter about meeting Tegan Godfrey.
Robert my friend,
It certainly is a hair raising expirence so far. There are 33,000 people on this base and just about every single one of them has a gun on there hip. There are just taking off every ten minutes to support men in need. There are Afghani locals working here on base as well. They are under constant watch because you can never really trust them. It certainly is a sight to behold with the mountains surrounding us. Dust is constanly kicked up in the air so everytime you try to quech your dried throat you can taste the sand. My living quarters are less then par. It is the size of a less the average college dorm room and there are a total of three people in it. With all our luggage it’s just a big cluster fuck with hardly any space to move. I haven’t recieved a mission yet but I’m told that I’m going to be heading offbase quite a bit. We will be traveling by way of helicopter. We only use convoys as a last resort.
More pictures will follow as soon as I can get a decent signal with my iPod to send them. Well I should be going now. As always I will keep you posted. Let me know how you all do in China and Germany. Good Luck.
German Tour
Posted by Rooney on September 27th, 2010
Just a reminder that our German tour is starting on October 6th!
October 6 – Berlin @ Lido
October 8 – Hamburg @ Gruenspan
October 9 – Köln @ Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
October 10 – Stuttgart @ Universum Club
October 11 – Munich @ Ampere Club Muffatwerk
October 13 – Dresden @ Beatpol
October 14 – Frankfurt @ Batschkapp
October 15 – Münster @ Sputnik-Halle
You can purchase your tickets through Artist Ticket. Check out the Tour Dates page for all the details! If you’d like to help us promote the tour, we have linked to the tour poster to the right!
‘Not In My House’ Acoustic on Baeble Music
Posted by Rooney on September 23rd, 2010
We’re excited to share another acoustic video that we recorded for Baeble Music.
“Anyone who has seen our Brooklyn Bridge Park set with Rooney knows we love Robert Schwartzman’s American Flag guitar. And we love that the guys having a laid back jam session out even more. Now we’ve got both, in an exclusive video the guys spontaneously recorded and sent to us.”
‘Holdin’ On’ Acoustic for PopMatters
Posted by Rooney on September 23rd, 2010
Please enjoy an acoustic version of ‘Holdin’ On’ that we recorded for PopMatters!
“Rooney has been busy this summer touring their new self-released album Eureka, their third full-length album of sunny California pop with AM radio melodies and harmonies. “Holdin’ On” leads off that album and here the band gives us an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse of their touring life, busking their way through the tune on their tour bus. The spare acoustic arrangement is rather nice, putting those harmonies front and center.“
The Hot Seat: Rooney | mtvU
Posted by Rooney on September 9th, 2010
Rooney’s Robert Schwartzman discusses the worst possible way to tour, the value of clean socks and more…
1. Tell us about your craziest touring experience.
We toured around Europe by train, which was the worst idea. We had two crews and a bunch of gear and somehow the numbers worked out that a train tour would be less expensive. We had to rent amps and a drum set in each, so we couldn’t dodger certain expenses, and when we arrived in each city by train, we had to take two cabs to the venue. When you’re touring around England, everything is real pricey, so the cabs really broke the bank. Not all trains went directly to each city, so we were switching constantly, which made the gear transfers really tough. We would stand in a row and pass gear down to speed up the process.
Life in Afghanistan
Posted by Robert on August 31st, 2010
I met Tegan Godfrey in Shreveport LA. He was working at the venue we played at called The Collective. I asked him for ride to the hotel and I noticed his military uniform in the back of his car. We started talking about his life in the Air Force as an engineer and the work he’s doing in Afghanistan. As an engineer, he’s sent in to fix the the city…to redo plumbing and rebuild areas that have been destroyed. I never thought about that part of the war and that there are soldiers that handle those things on our side. Although he’s not on the front lines, he’s still in danger at all times, living in an area that is constantly under attack. Tegan ended up spending the whole day showing us around Shreveport and giving us a tour of the Air Force base. It was a very special day on our summer tour, one I’ll never forget. Tegan is now a friend of mine and he drove down to our Dallas show last week. He shared a poem he wrote that was inspired by the Rooney song “Stars and Stripes.” Here is his poem:
Built up by intelligent design
Thought up by brilliant minds
Constructed tough brick by brick
But labored on by old an sick
The tragedies this world hides
are awful and horrific rides
Twisting through tremendous grim
With scornful hate and tumescent sin
So let us unite and unveil
Lets tip the weight of evil scale
Break the bounds of villainous ways
and bring about the peaceful days
He will be heading over to the war in Afghanistan at the end of September. If you’re interested in following Tegan’s life in Afghanistan, I will be sharing his messages on my twitter account, @rcschwartzman.
Thank you for reading. Take care,
Robert